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- Having fairly carried the day against both consul and captain, we were
objects of even more than ordinary interest to these philanthropists;
and they always cordially applauded our conduct. Besides, they
invariably brought along something in the way of refreshments;
occasionally smuggling in a little Pisco. Upon one occasion, when there
was quite a number present, a calabash was passed round, and a
pecuniary collection taken up for our benefit.
One day a newcomer proposed that two or three of us should pay him a
sly, nocturnal visit aboard his ship; engaging to send us away well
freighted with provisions. This was not a bad idea; nor were we at all
backward in acting upon it. Right after night every vessel in the
harbour was visited in rotation, the foragers borrowing Captain Bob’s
canoe for the purpose. As we all took turns at this—two by two—in due
course it came to Long Ghost and myself, for the sailors invariably
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